After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939, he could no longer pretend impartiality and began to educate the American public about the menace of fascism. Even though he asked Congress to rescind the Neutrality Acts, they refused... therefore making… Full Answer

The occupation of Czechoslovakia on March 15, 1939. France and Britain had pressured Czechoslovakia into ceding the Sudetenland, with the hopes of avoiding a German war in the Balkans. This was formalized on September 29, 1938, famously promoted as assuring… Full Answer